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2015 Emergency Medicine Symposium.

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October 2014

"For The Love of a Child" 2014

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A True Good Samaritan

Vien Doan, July 26, 2011

This is the true story and it begs to be told. Until I have† permission
to publish the names with the story, for now the names will be withheld
to "protect the innocent".

During the Vietnam war, there was a
South Vietnamese soldier, captured by the North and placed in prison in
the North. As the war ended, he was released to return home to the
South. He was released without any money or possession as any POW would
be. Traveling on foot for a week, he became weak with hunger and met a
man. This man was his former enemy, a Viet Cong soldier who fought him
on the other side. Yet this man was "a really nice man". He took the
South soldier into his home, gave him food, water and shelter for the
night. The next day he even gave more food, water and money to the South
soldier to help get him home.

This South Vietnamese soldier
eventually immigrated to the United States. For the past 35 years he
made sure his children never forget the good deeds of that North
Vietnamese soldier by retelling that story to them over the years.

In
November 2010, one of his children found the Good Samaritans, applied
for a position and was accepted into the team. This young man traveled
back home to Vietnam with the team simply as a member of the Reception
team. His job would be to care for patients, taking them from room to
room or wherever they needed to go.

On a hot Wednesday afternoon
of the second week, as he was doing his job taking patients around the
clinic, he was stopped by an elderly man who came to our clinic for
medical help. This man asked if he was the son of Mr. ABC as he looks
exactly like a person that he met so many years ago after the war. This
young GSMDM member was so surprised that someone here in Vietnam would
know his father and thought it was a mistake because there are so many
with the same name. But he said "Yes, that is my father" and the
conversation ensued. This man now shared with our young team member the
story of a man whom he encountered thirty some years ago after the war.
It was the exact story that his father had told him not to ever forget.

Later
that evening the member called home to once again confirm the story and
indeed the man he met at the clinic was the same man who was once a
Good Samaritan so many years ago to his father.

His father has this to say about this Ministry:

"This is a gift from God to have my son meet him instead of me after all
these years. Knowing that he's fine and that the ministry was able to
give him a checkup is great news already. Even though we weren't able to
see each other again, I trust that what he said to my son and what my
son has told me is true and not a coincident. I'm sure it is God's way
of telling me that he's alright. I would like to thank you for accepting
my son into your ministry because this would never have happened if you
didn't."

The story illustrates the fact that being a Good
Samaritan has no borders and it's even more significant to be a Good
Samaritan to your enemy. Love has no border and an act of kindness will
never be forgotten!

We hope that these 2 men would soon be
re-united and fully respect their privacy and ask that all who know this
story to do the same!